A DAILY PUBLIC RADIO PROGRAM FEATURING NEWS ANALYSIS OF THE DAY'S TOP ISSUES

Background Briefing: April 29, 2021

  Biden Lays Out A Social Democratic Manifesto That Harkens to LBJ’s “Great Society” and FDR’s “Second Bill of Rights” We begin with an assessment of President Biden’s speech last night before a joint session of Congress...

Background Briefing: April 28, 2021

  Feds Raid Giuliani and Victoria Toensing’s Law Firm and Confiscate Electronic Devices We begin with Federal investigators searching the apartment and office of Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani at 6 AM this morning where they confiscated...

Background Briefing: April 27, 2021

  Did Iran Send a Signal With the Missile That Landed Near Israel’s Reactor at Dimona? We begin with the increasingly dangerous shadow war underway between Israel and Iran following a missile fired from Syria landing near Israel’s nuclear reactor at...

Background Briefing: April 26, 2021

  Biden’s 100 Day Approval Rating and How to Build on it For 2022 We begin with approval ratings for Biden’s first 100 days, a benchmark set by FDR in 1933 when there was a flurry of bills passed in the depths of a deep depression.  According to an...

Background Briefing: April 25, 2021

  A Rash of Police Killings Following the Guilty Verdict of George Floyd’s Murderer We begin with the rash of police killings following the guilty verdict in the trial of the murder of George Floyd and efforts underway in 34 states where Republican legislatures...